Lasting shoes



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J. KEITH.

LASTING SHOES.

No. 371,588. Patented 001;. 18 1887.

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JEREMIAH KEITH, OF NORTH MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

LASTING SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,588, dated October18, 1887.

Application filed March 23, 1887. Serial No. 232,087. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH KEITH, of North Middleborough, in thecounty of Plymouth, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Securing the Upper to the Insole ofaShoe or Boot; and I do hereby declare the same to be described in thefollowing specification and represented in the accompanying drawings, ofwhich Figure 1 is a bottom view, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section,of ashoe upper and insole lasted and connected in accordance with myinvention, the nature of which is defined in the claim hereinafterpresented. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of an insole as stitched near itsheel and toe preparatory to being secured to the upper. Fig. 4 is abottom view ofanother insole re enforced and stitched near its heel andtoe preparatory to being secured to the upper. Fig. 5 is a view of aninsole having curved projections raised upon it in the places of therows of stitching or the re-enforces, hereinafter mentioned.

One great object of my invention is to effect the lasting of a shoe orboot upper and its connection with an insole without using tacks goingthrough the overlaps of the upper and into the insole, such being toenable the fastening of the outer sole to the work to be accomplished bya McKay sewing-machine without its needle being obstructed by suchtacks.

In carrying out my invention Ifirst prepare the insole A by putting intoit, near its toe and heel, two curved ranges of stitching, (they beingshown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 at a and 1),) each range beingsemi-elliptical in form, or thereabout, as shown, and to project fromthe bottom surface of the insole,- or, instead thereof, when the insoleis of leatherboard, or a poor quality of leather, I sew to it twosemi-elliptical or semicircular pieces of good leather or cloth or othersuitable yielding material, (they being shown at c and d in Fig. 4,) therows, 6, of stitching for connecting such re-enforces c and d to theinsole going next to their curved edges only.

I would remark that in some cases I form the insole with curvedprojections, as shown atpp in Fig. 5, arranged within its toe and heelparts, and raised on the insole by a die or other suitable means, suchbeing so that the stitches used in drawing in the upper over the insoleat the toe and heel thereof may be passed through such projections, asthrough the curved stitchings or the re-en forces hereinbeforementioned. The insole is thus provided with arched projections,stitehings, or re-enforces near its toe and heel parts. Having thusprepared the insole, I place it upon the bottom of the last B and withinthe upper 0, applied to such last, and by means ofstitchesf, I draw inthe upper at the toe and the heel parts ofit and connect it to thecurved ranges of stitches or the menforces or projections extending fromthe insole, after which I connect the intervening laps or parts of theupper by stitches or sewing, y, extending across the insole and throughsuch laps or parts of the upper, such stitches being, if desirable,extend ed more or less into or through the insole; but, generallyspeaking, no such extension of the stitches into the insole will berequired.

The cross-stitching may be accomplished by one or more strands, and incases where two are employed each may be looped into the other at themiddle of the sole, if desirable.

I do not claim an insole having lengthwise of it, along its middle, arow of stitches and connected to an upper by stitches going through suchrow and the laps of the upper, all being as shown in the United StatesPatent No. 73,048, as my improvement involves the two separatere-enforces, curved or arched rows of stitching arranged one near thetoe and the other near the heel, and connected to the toe and heel partsof the laps of the upper by other stitches, the intermediate portions ofthe laps of the upper being joined by crossstitching, as represented,all of which differs materially from what is shown in said patent,

and enables the insole to be secured at its toe and heel to the toe andheel laps of the upper to better advantage; nor do I claim an inner soleformed of textile fabric, and having fastened to it along its middle,lengthwise of it, a single strip of material connected with the laps ofan upper by sewing or stitches, all

being as shown in the United States Patent No. 55,858. In these olddevices there cannot be a nice adjustment of the heel and toe portionsof the upper. In my device, as the reenforce conforms to the shape ofthe heel and toe, there is a symmetrical arrangement of the suchproject-ions, stitchings, or re-enforces by sewing, and having theintermediate portions of its overlaps on the insole connected bystitching extending across the'insole, all being substantially as setforth.

JEREMIAH KEITH.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, R. B. TORREY.

